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on syria, obviously, this is a very tough issue. i have indicated repeatedly that bashar al-assad has lost his legitimacy, that he needs to step down. so far he has not gotten the message and has doubled down in violence on his own people. the international community has sent a clear message that rather than drag his country into civil war he should move in the direction of the political transition, but at this point, the likelihood of a soft landing is pretty distant. what we have said is, number one, we want to make sure we are providing humanitarian assistance, and we have done that to the tune of $82 million so far, and we will probably end up doing more because we want to make sure that the hundreds of thousands of refugees that are fleeing the mayhem, that they do not end up creating -- or being in a terrible situation or, also, destabilizing some of syria's neighbors. the second thing we have done that we have done is we have provided some assistance to the opposition in thinking about how would a political transition take pl
on syria, obviously, this is a very tough issue. i have indicated repeatedly that bashar al-assad has lost his legitimacy, that he needs to step down. so far he has not gotten the message and has doubled down in violence on his own people. the international community has sent a clear message that rather than drag his country into civil war he should move in the direction of the political transition, but at this point, the likelihood of a soft landing is pretty distant. what we have said is,...
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on monday, he will discuss his views on syria at any event hosted by the american enterprise institute. he'll be joined by a syrian activist, the senior editor of "the weekly standard," and others. that >> joining us on "newsmakers" on this sunday, congressman tom price, the chairman of the republican policy committee from georgia. thanks so much for being with us. joining us with the questioning is russell burman, congressional reporter for "the hill" newspaper and daniel newhauser for "roll call." thank you both for being with us. congressman, let's begin with some of the news of the last few days, the announcement friday by the white house on some changes, some immigration policy changes. for those who came to the u.s. as children. your thoughts? >> i think it's interesting that the president, who we all believe ought to be in force in all of the laws of the land, seems to think he can pick certain laws and enforce them and then pick others and decide that he will not enforce them. i think that's what the american people find troubling. this is one of the reasons i think the america
on monday, he will discuss his views on syria at any event hosted by the american enterprise institute. he'll be joined by a syrian activist, the senior editor of "the weekly standard," and others. that >> joining us on "newsmakers" on this sunday, congressman tom price, the chairman of the republican policy committee from georgia. thanks so much for being with us. joining us with the questioning is russell burman, congressional reporter for "the hill"...
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they're worried about syria. we have to worry about the people in the united states first. guest: i'm not sure where going to end up in a war with syria, but there are a lot of policy issues that need to be decided in there are questions about foreign policy also and how well congress and the president can work together and agree on a policy direction. i think the other issue i should raise about this is there is some talk that the november election could result in -- and there are still questions that the s&p and still has questions about whether an election could really resolve this. even if we had mitt romney, a republican in the white house and republican-led congress, there are still questions about just how much we can get done. if we have a divided washington, but there are still lots of issues domestically and for and about how much can be accomplished even after the election. host: tony asks -- one has been the blowback? guest: the ratings agencies, including the s&p and moody's and fitch ratings, there was a lot of talk a year ago that the downgrade would not nece
they're worried about syria. we have to worry about the people in the united states first. guest: i'm not sure where going to end up in a war with syria, but there are a lot of policy issues that need to be decided in there are questions about foreign policy also and how well congress and the president can work together and agree on a policy direction. i think the other issue i should raise about this is there is some talk that the november election could result in -- and there are still...
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in particular, it should have used it in syria. then, the third lesson here is that when countries have this kind of compliance problem, there are two ways to go. one is to stop, cooperate with the iaea, then at least you can beat closed in a fairly short amount of time. as an example, libya, we went through this verification process a couple years we did in a couple years. the same was the case of south africa. it was not a compliance issue, but when south africa had dismantled if its old nuclear weapons program and the iaea and verify that in 1992. it was fairly swiftly when there was cooperation. but then when the confrontation is taken like currently in the case with syria and iran and north korea, things correct. at the same time, these countries, if they want to do, they can reach capabilities, and they are closer and closer, higher and higher on a ladder to get the nuclear weapons capability, if not capacity. there's also a difference in my view of what is the nuclear weapons capability. actually, you should not do this sort
in particular, it should have used it in syria. then, the third lesson here is that when countries have this kind of compliance problem, there are two ways to go. one is to stop, cooperate with the iaea, then at least you can beat closed in a fairly short amount of time. as an example, libya, we went through this verification process a couple years we did in a couple years. the same was the case of south africa. it was not a compliance issue, but when south africa had dismantled if its old...
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frankly, syria is different. the country has real weapons, chemical weapons, and they have a fetish for supporting the wrong team. they support iran, hezbollah, and hamas. when we can be influential on the diplomacy side where we should be involved. host: your reaction to the recent the aol alyse saving 52% of respondents would back military action. guest: those polls are a little snapshot in time. i think people understand and i think is important and i am happy to see that the american people and others understand what it means for iran to have a nuclear weapon. it is an issue of tremendous significance. it will change the decisions that other countries have made to not have nuclear weapons. it adds one more country to the nuclear club which is the wrong direction, and a complicates our ability to deal with non proliferation challenges of the 21st century. i hope people appreciate how hard everyone is working. host: california, the republican line. caller: good morning. let me go back in time, about 20 or so ye
frankly, syria is different. the country has real weapons, chemical weapons, and they have a fetish for supporting the wrong team. they support iran, hezbollah, and hamas. when we can be influential on the diplomacy side where we should be involved. host: your reaction to the recent the aol alyse saving 52% of respondents would back military action. guest: those polls are a little snapshot in time. i think people understand and i think is important and i am happy to see that the american people...
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we will look at syria this sunday on "washington journal." donna, in georgia, democratic caller. 10 minutes left. what did you make from the gop proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff? caller: the idea of raising the age for medicare is just insane. these people are going to be more sick. if they do not have insurance, it will end up costing more. it makes no sense to do that. how are they going to get insurance when they are 65 in a regular market? it makes no sense. also, i think president bush during those taxes when he did it come in two wars and lower taxes? it makes no sense. how does not work? that's my opinion. thank you. host: greg in florida, independent caller. caller: everybody pays social security taxes aren't home. they think the maximum is in the low hundred thousands, but why cannot modify the social security withholding to help shore up so security, medicare, and medicaid? host: means testing for social security? caller: people above the current threshold, those making over $250,000 do not pay on the entire income. host: what are
we will look at syria this sunday on "washington journal." donna, in georgia, democratic caller. 10 minutes left. what did you make from the gop proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff? caller: the idea of raising the age for medicare is just insane. these people are going to be more sick. if they do not have insurance, it will end up costing more. it makes no sense to do that. how are they going to get insurance when they are 65 in a regular market? it makes no sense. also, i think...
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joint effort to equip and pay rebels in syria. based on your time and experience, what is the nature and capability of this opposition that america is now supporting? >> having spent a good amount of time in libya at the beginning of that conflict, something i can say about the abilities, something that i touched dodd and the article that i wrote for the paper -- touched on in the article that i wrote for the paper. you have defectors from the syrian army. they are small in number, but they are skilled, military people. it may not look different from a bunch of guys with weapons running around the field. when you were there, the organization and skills that is much higher -- and skill set is much higher. when they get money and weapons, which is what i have heard that they are about to get, it is not going to make their ability a lot higher, but it will cause a much bigger flood of defections. i think that they will have an impact. and reflecting what anthony said, the hour before he died, i was standing next to him when the peopl
joint effort to equip and pay rebels in syria. based on your time and experience, what is the nature and capability of this opposition that america is now supporting? >> having spent a good amount of time in libya at the beginning of that conflict, something i can say about the abilities, something that i touched dodd and the article that i wrote for the paper -- touched on in the article that i wrote for the paper. you have defectors from the syrian army. they are small in number, but...
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on the non-i live movement in syria. -- non-violent movement in syria. it will be interesting for you to hear my perspective and interesting to hear yours. i view it as the successful failure of non-violence in syria. the first six months were markedly not violent. that did not happen by chance or coincidence. there was a great deal of planning and consciousness behind it. however, syria has been isolated for a long time from the international community. people felt they have to ring gauge in self-respect and started calling for a no-fly zone. the latest slogan in the demonstration in syria started asking for international intervention. it was around this time the syrian national council was formed. the mandate was to bring help to defend the civilians protesting. the main reason the syrians did not want to back up has to do with what happened to them in the 1980's when they brutally crushed the rebellion, especially those centered in the city. 8000 people in a 27-day campaign in the month of february 1982. they felt if they backed off they would be seve
on the non-i live movement in syria. -- non-violent movement in syria. it will be interesting for you to hear my perspective and interesting to hear yours. i view it as the successful failure of non-violence in syria. the first six months were markedly not violent. that did not happen by chance or coincidence. there was a great deal of planning and consciousness behind it. however, syria has been isolated for a long time from the international community. people felt they have to ring gauge in...
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chairman of the joint chiefs of staff's testified to that arms services committee about developments in syria. >> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been part of the american landscape. "saturday night live" on american history tv, a history of all of america. watch your simulcast. at 8:00 easternlive on c-span3. >> members of the senate budget committee met wednesday to discuss the budget proposed by the chairman, senator kent conrad. that is coming up about 15 minutes. before that we will speak with a reporter covering the issue and hear from committee members before at the meeting. >> joining us is erik wasson. what caused him to change his plan? >> kent conrad had saw to become consensus of all his democratic members on the democratic plan but was unable to do so. he decided to put forward the bowles-simpson version he is going with. it is important for viewers to know that there will not be any vote today on this plan. there could be boats after the election -- votes after the election. >> the senate has said that they have not produced
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff's testified to that arms services committee about developments in syria. >> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been part of the american landscape. "saturday night live" on american history tv, a history of all of america. watch your simulcast. at 8:00 easternlive on c-span3. >> members of the senate budget committee met wednesday to discuss the budget proposed by the chairman, senator...
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in syria. respectfully, i disagree with the senator from arizona. our main goal in the middle east is to protect our interests and the interests of our major ally, israel. if we are to be dragged into a civil war in syria for humanitarian reasons, i would respectfully remind senator mccain and the president that they do not have the power to unilaterally start a war. the authority to initial wait war is vested -- initiate war is vested in the constitution, specifically in congress, and the war powers act was enacted into law over a presidential veto. not an easy thing to accomplish. to fulfill the intent of the framers of the constitution of the united states in requiring that the president has to seek the consent of congress before the introduction of united states armed forces into hostile action. section 2-c of the war powers act provides that no attempt by the president to introduce the united states armed forces into hostile action may be made unthe war powers act unless, number 1, there's
in syria. respectfully, i disagree with the senator from arizona. our main goal in the middle east is to protect our interests and the interests of our major ally, israel. if we are to be dragged into a civil war in syria for humanitarian reasons, i would respectfully remind senator mccain and the president that they do not have the power to unilaterally start a war. the authority to initial wait war is vested -- initiate war is vested in the constitution, specifically in congress, and the war...
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guest: not including syria? host: not including syria. guest: i think syria is the most egregious, glaring thing that is still out there. you have had regime changes in medley of the -- in many of the middle eastern countries. most of us who are for democracy would like to see democratic change in iran. that is right near syria. if the syria regime goes, it might spur activists in iran. several summers ago there was an uprising in iran. the u.s. response was not the way it should have been, so the uprising was brutally crushed by the iranian regime, which the syrian regime is trying to repeat in syria. in the u.s. struggle in iran against terrorism and extremism, what happens in syria is an important part of that struggle. host: the next call comes from new orleans. clarence, from our democrats like, you are on "washington journal." caller: good morning. they keep saying it is about syria, but you keep hearing iran, iran, iran. is it about iran or about syria? do they think the iranian people are stupid? any way they make a nuclear attack
guest: not including syria? host: not including syria. guest: i think syria is the most egregious, glaring thing that is still out there. you have had regime changes in medley of the -- in many of the middle eastern countries. most of us who are for democracy would like to see democratic change in iran. that is right near syria. if the syria regime goes, it might spur activists in iran. several summers ago there was an uprising in iran. the u.s. response was not the way it should have been, so...
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jackson lee: the slaughter continues in syria. mr. speaker, last week i visited the head of mission at the syrian embassy and delivered letters that indicated that mr. assad, president assad, must go. and that there must be an establishment of safe houses or safe places for women and children and that at that time the bodies of those deceased journalists should come out. and as well that the red cross and international red cross should be allowed in. then there was a protesting and suggesting of the rebels. but we now heard from a journalists that was able to get out that those journalists were actually murdered and now today we're reading that the syrian authorities friday blocked an officially sanctioned red cross convoy laid within food and medical supplies from entering a devastated neighborhood and home, one day after the army overwhelmed the rebel strong hold, here after a months' long siege. no rebels, just syrian despots, people who want to kill their own people. mr. assad needs to go. we need to get women and children safe. w
jackson lee: the slaughter continues in syria. mr. speaker, last week i visited the head of mission at the syrian embassy and delivered letters that indicated that mr. assad, president assad, must go. and that there must be an establishment of safe houses or safe places for women and children and that at that time the bodies of those deceased journalists should come out. and as well that the red cross and international red cross should be allowed in. then there was a protesting and suggesting...
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we see this daily in syria and in other corners. but we are determined to flourish in spite of all of these developments. we are determined to make israel stronger and more secure. we will always stretch one hand to look for any opportunity to knock on any door, open any window, to find a way to make peace. we will always be ready with -- ready to pull it if it becomes ultimately necessary. on this vision, hopefully one of our region coming to in my term as minister of defense -- i can tell you that from my experience, after political life there is real life waiting us. i am sure we will find a way to enjoy life without losing sight of the interests of our nation's. we will always have part of our part with the defense and intelligence issues and challenges. i thank you once again very much for the long decades of friendship and for this honor. we hold our relationship with you dependent on the defense establishment -- i hold my relationship with you highly. thank you very much. now we have something to give to you. it is a small ir
we see this daily in syria and in other corners. but we are determined to flourish in spite of all of these developments. we are determined to make israel stronger and more secure. we will always stretch one hand to look for any opportunity to knock on any door, open any window, to find a way to make peace. we will always be ready with -- ready to pull it if it becomes ultimately necessary. on this vision, hopefully one of our region coming to in my term as minister of defense -- i can tell you...
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syria. here is "the washington times." your colleagues in the senate, john mccain, joe lieberman, have said the u.s. should lead airstrikes into that country. guest: the president said unilateral action by the united states would not be the right course and i think he is right about that. once again, we need the help of the international community. the assad regime in syria has lost legitimacy. it's not just the united states saying that. the arab league has indicated that they are coming to help the resistance in syria. the assad regime needs to end. president assad needs to step down to it if he does not do that in a peaceful way, the opposition will get stronger and more militant. the united states needs to be in the leadership in facilitating that, working with our international partners. that's why we were -- that's why we are seeking the help of the international community. we are seeking the support of our friends. we were disappointed in china and russia with their vote in the securi
syria. here is "the washington times." your colleagues in the senate, john mccain, joe lieberman, have said the u.s. should lead airstrikes into that country. guest: the president said unilateral action by the united states would not be the right course and i think he is right about that. once again, we need the help of the international community. the assad regime in syria has lost legitimacy. it's not just the united states saying that. the arab league has indicated that they are...
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>> i would not talk about issues of intelligence, but we monitor the situation in syria very closely. i have no specific information to give you about assad. i can simply say that what we are seeing, evidenced by these reports, is increasing instability within his leadership, and i think increasing desperation in his efforts to wage war against his own people. >> another topic, the president said in his speech that he would talk to anybody, any party, about issues of gun violence and gun control. i am wondering if there any plans to ashley is something about that now that we have had a second shooting? >> that me say that the president and the first lady -- let me say that the president and the first lady were deeply saddened to learn about this tragic shooting that took so many lives. he made clear his administration will provide whatever support is necessary to officials responded and the investigation, which the fbi is involved in. he also made clear how much our country has been enriched by sikhs, who are part of our broader american family. he was notified by his homeland securit
>> i would not talk about issues of intelligence, but we monitor the situation in syria very closely. i have no specific information to give you about assad. i can simply say that what we are seeing, evidenced by these reports, is increasing instability within his leadership, and i think increasing desperation in his efforts to wage war against his own people. >> another topic, the president said in his speech that he would talk to anybody, any party, about issues of gun violence...
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the future for syria is a future without assad. it has to be based on mutual consent as was clearly agreed with the geneva in june. if anyone is in any doubt about the pain that assad has inflicted on his people, just look at the pictures. i have seen a children slaughtered. no, i do not think i will ever be ok again. if there was, this child said, even 1% of humanity in the world, this would not happen. the blood of these young children is a terrible stain on this united nations. in particular, it is a stain on those who have failed to stand up to these atrocities and in some cases aided and abetted assad's regime of terror. we must now joined together to support a rapid, political transition. at the same time, no one can turn a deaf ear to the voices of suffering. security council members have a particular ability to support syria. britain, already the third biggest honor, is investing in humanitarian support and helping syrian children. we look to our international partners to do more as well. of course, the arab spring has not
the future for syria is a future without assad. it has to be based on mutual consent as was clearly agreed with the geneva in june. if anyone is in any doubt about the pain that assad has inflicted on his people, just look at the pictures. i have seen a children slaughtered. no, i do not think i will ever be ok again. if there was, this child said, even 1% of humanity in the world, this would not happen. the blood of these young children is a terrible stain on this united nations. in...
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in syria? guest: the u.s. is already doing something. it does not seem like there is additional pressure. the rest of the u.s. allies, turkey, they are afraid of getting involved. the only pressure, or the most active countries right now we're probably -- are probably qatar and saudi arabia. we have troops and special forces along the border who are vetting who those bombs get delivered to. it is unclear exactly what the status of that is right now, but i do not feel that allies, as it happened in libya, where france and england really took the bull by the lens and pulled the u.s. into action and does not seem like that's the case in syria. there is a fear that it could widen, but there is a degree of caution. host: benjamin pauker, senior editor of "foreign policy" magazine. could there be fallout on for a policy when it comes to been gauzy attacks in libya? -- benghazi attacks? guest: we don't know much. this is one of those scandals that comes out in drips and drabs. there is a consensus tha
in syria? guest: the u.s. is already doing something. it does not seem like there is additional pressure. the rest of the u.s. allies, turkey, they are afraid of getting involved. the only pressure, or the most active countries right now we're probably -- are probably qatar and saudi arabia. we have troops and special forces along the border who are vetting who those bombs get delivered to. it is unclear exactly what the status of that is right now, but i do not feel that allies, as it happened...
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-- belize, syria, and more. we're back in a moment. [video clip] >> have you approach them differently? >> book interviews are gathering history? i think of interviewing when i work for the news side as gathering contemporary information. >> at difficult as it to remain impartial and not get caught up in the high of one campaign or another? >> i want to try to, as best as i can come and give people an understanding of what is happening in the campaign. it's not that difficult to put your bias to the side. >> has this changed your line of work in reporting and getting your information? >> twitter is a primary news source for anyone covering politics and anyone who pays attention to politics. it did not exist four years ago. >> tonight, purdy university students interview dan balz, on covering elections, what is newsworthy, and presidential election tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> we welcome you to the misery governor's mansion. -- missouri governor's mansion. >> we have the first photograph of the first governor,
-- belize, syria, and more. we're back in a moment. [video clip] >> have you approach them differently? >> book interviews are gathering history? i think of interviewing when i work for the news side as gathering contemporary information. >> at difficult as it to remain impartial and not get caught up in the high of one campaign or another? >> i want to try to, as best as i can come and give people an understanding of what is happening in the campaign. it's not that...
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his big concern is syria. he is worried the fall of assad will embolden sunnis and kurds in syrian and iraq and that the correlation of forces will turn against him. that is his big preoccupation. floridat's go to, from on the independent line. caller: i am from sanibel island. president bush initially promised the iraqi oil would eventually pay back the united states for the war of liberation for iraq. that has never happened. no one speaks of it in the media. no one speaks of it in the government. it is my understanding no american company has any role in the rehabilitation of the iraqi oil fields or sharing of profits. do you have any comment about what? guest: i do not recall any understanding iraq would compensate the united states for the cost of the war. in the current climate, that will not happen. i am not an expert on the oil area. there are multinational companies in iraq. exxon mobil just made a deal with kurdistan to explore a number of oil fields. i think the reason these companies do not go in i
his big concern is syria. he is worried the fall of assad will embolden sunnis and kurds in syrian and iraq and that the correlation of forces will turn against him. that is his big preoccupation. floridat's go to, from on the independent line. caller: i am from sanibel island. president bush initially promised the iraqi oil would eventually pay back the united states for the war of liberation for iraq. that has never happened. no one speaks of it in the media. no one speaks of it in the...
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syria is a deeply traumatized society. we have had massacres, and disappearances in the 1980's went there was a net pricing that turned into an armed conflict, and then the regime that, causingly crushed the deaths of over 30,000 in one town in a 27-day military campaign. in the next following 10 years, which would inform you what the syrians are willing to sacrifice so much. in the following 10 years, the syrian regime collectively punished the society, and there were about 80,000 this appearances. it is almost an impossibility to meet the syrian who has not been directly or indirectly close family friends, not impacted by this regime. to give an example, i have a cousin who has been in prison for 31 years without trial. one day he disappeared. it took his family years to know he was alive. we have, and friends who do not know the fate of their disappeared parents. and so syria for a long time does not experience the role of law and the accountability and the discourse of human rights. this project, although not binding i
syria is a deeply traumatized society. we have had massacres, and disappearances in the 1980's went there was a net pricing that turned into an armed conflict, and then the regime that, causingly crushed the deaths of over 30,000 in one town in a 27-day military campaign. in the next following 10 years, which would inform you what the syrians are willing to sacrifice so much. in the following 10 years, the syrian regime collectively punished the society, and there were about 80,000 this...
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we learned yesterday kofi annan was going to resign his role as a special envoy to syria for the united nations. there's an op-ed piece in the financial times this morning -- next is a call from granger, indiana, bob is a republican. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. the only way congress can give anybody anything is by taking it away from somebody else or putting it on the tab. where does it say we have to pass a bunch of laws every year? don't we have enough laws? hang on just a second, i lost my train of thought. harry reid is just a little weasel. it's disgusting. host: another famous author has passed away. john keegan, a historian of war and warriors died in the age of 78. here is his obituary in the new york times -- on our c-span video library we have posted video of john keegan in his own words, noted military historian, died at the age of 78 this week. a couple minutes left. next is brando, virginia, a democrat. absolutely kicking the can down the road. the end result is still the same. in my opinion, we have probably one of the longest lame-duck sessions of congress
we learned yesterday kofi annan was going to resign his role as a special envoy to syria for the united nations. there's an op-ed piece in the financial times this morning -- next is a call from granger, indiana, bob is a republican. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. the only way congress can give anybody anything is by taking it away from somebody else or putting it on the tab. where does it say we have to pass a bunch of laws every year? don't we have enough laws? hang on just a...
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in warning syria on military action. host: are talking with you about afghanistan and whether or not americans have forgotten this work could next is another richard, a republican. guest: good morning. to begin with, miami combat that. vet. am a combat tha we should never have been there. they have been killing each other for 6000 years. you give them a gun in the will shoot you with it. with the political the way it is, you shoot someone over there and you go to court. it is not a war. it has never been declared a war. if it was a war that was declared, we would go there and clean them up. but we cannot do that because it is not a war. we are you losing -- we are losing all these young folks. got to quit. host: armonk city, pa. -- fairmont city, pa. there is an account on the rate of the osama bin laden compound. there is a reported navy seal who was in the operation. it took about 24 hours for that person's name to be uncovered. here is the story. next host: is a phone call from a democrat in new york. guest: good morn
in warning syria on military action. host: are talking with you about afghanistan and whether or not americans have forgotten this work could next is another richard, a republican. guest: good morning. to begin with, miami combat that. vet. am a combat tha we should never have been there. they have been killing each other for 6000 years. you give them a gun in the will shoot you with it. with the political the way it is, you shoot someone over there and you go to court. it is not a war. it has...
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they had somebody who was in syria, and that was impressive. it is still not what we're talking about all over the world. if it were not for the "times," there would be nobody to have reported on things going on in zimbabwe. do you think abc for cnn will send people to zimbabwe? for foreign news -- analysis, and particularly for an analysis. the second thing they do -- they still do what they call enterprise journalism, which is -- we call it einvestigative journalism. for those of us who live in new york state, which i expect is almost all of us, what does that mean? it means they find out things people want to not be found that. for example, 100% of the conductors on the long island rail road, you may remember, are getting disability. that is a pretty high percentage -- i do not think 100% of us will ever get disability. what they did is they found that that there were some doctors and insurance companies that were reading this and followed some of these people around and found that they were on the tennis courts and possibly running marathon
they had somebody who was in syria, and that was impressive. it is still not what we're talking about all over the world. if it were not for the "times," there would be nobody to have reported on things going on in zimbabwe. do you think abc for cnn will send people to zimbabwe? for foreign news -- analysis, and particularly for an analysis. the second thing they do -- they still do what they call enterprise journalism, which is -- we call it einvestigative journalism. for those of us...
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the total of those wars should cause us to pause as the regime change is initiated against syria. there is no national security concerns that should have a fully escalation of violence in the middle east. there should be no doubt that our security interests are best served by completely staying out of the internal strife now raging in syria. we are already too much involved in supporting the forces within syria, anxious to overthrow their current government. without outside interference, the strife, now characterized as a civil war, would likely be nonexistent. whether or not we attack yet another country occupying it and sending a new regime that we hope we can control poses a serious constitutional question for where does a president get such authority? since world war ii, the proper authority to go to war has been ignored. it has been replaced by international entities like the united nations and nato or the president himself. . sadly the people don't object. our recent president explicitly maintained the authority to go to war is not the u.s. congress. this has been the case s
the total of those wars should cause us to pause as the regime change is initiated against syria. there is no national security concerns that should have a fully escalation of violence in the middle east. there should be no doubt that our security interests are best served by completely staying out of the internal strife now raging in syria. we are already too much involved in supporting the forces within syria, anxious to overthrow their current government. without outside interference, the...
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host: president obama yesterday speaking on syria. host: watching what is happening in syria and how the u.s. decides to respond to it. let's move on to a democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am real concern about mitt romney not releasing his taxes. he is evidently hiding something that he does not want the country to know. i do not think it is right. i am also concerned. i am a vietnam veteran. i was drafted. i am concerned that during the vietnam war he went to paris france to avoid the vietnam war. i do not know that he should have -- he should a bond of to that, also. thank you for taking my call. host: here is a headline from "the associated press." host: joining us now is a heidi from "the associated press." tell us what we know about this rocket attack. is this just dumb luck, so to speak? or was it more calculated? guest: the place where the plane was parked is very large and does receive indirect fire a lot. with the spokespeople are telling us is they think this was shot towards the airfield and just happened t
host: president obama yesterday speaking on syria. host: watching what is happening in syria and how the u.s. decides to respond to it. let's move on to a democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am real concern about mitt romney not releasing his taxes. he is evidently hiding something that he does not want the country to know. i do not think it is right. i am also concerned. i am a vietnam veteran. i was drafted. i am concerned that during the vietnam war he went to paris france to...
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or how the upheaval in syria and the rise of the muslim brotherhood in egypt have affected hamas. how the treaty between egypt and israel remains the bedrock for peace in the region despite all the change going on around it. how israel's concerns over iran's nuclear program shape its overall security posture. then there are the economics of border crossings and fishing rights and concerns about smuggling and arms proliferation. the list goes on. the united states really does need to bring an unprecedented level of strategic sophistication to these -- rather than just going and chasing after the crisis of the moment. american policy makers need to play chess, not checkers. some would have us wall off certain challenges -- that is just not realistic in today's world. that leads me to the fifth area -- a set of interconnected global challenges that defied both national borders and easy solutions. climate change -- poverty, hunger, disease, nuclear proliferation, human trafficing, women's rights, international terrorism, and more. no one nation can solve many of these problems alone.
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they are worried about syria. but we have to worry about the people here in the united states first. host: yes, war -- i'm not sure if we will end up at war in syria, but there are a lot of policy issues that need to be decided. there's a question about just how well in terms of foreign- policy, how will congress and the president can work together and agree on policy direction. i think the other issue i should raise about this is there is some talk that the november election could result in -- and there are still questions that the s&p and still has questions about whether an election could really resolve this. even if we had mitt romney, a republican in the white house and republican-led congress, there are still questions about just how much we can get done. if we have a divided washington, but there are still lots of issues domestically and for and about how much can be accomplished even after the election. host: tony asks -- one has been the blowback? guest: the ratings agencies, including the s&p and moody's
they are worried about syria. but we have to worry about the people here in the united states first. host: yes, war -- i'm not sure if we will end up at war in syria, but there are a lot of policy issues that need to be decided. there's a question about just how well in terms of foreign- policy, how will congress and the president can work together and agree on policy direction. i think the other issue i should raise about this is there is some talk that the november election could result in --...
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we are funding the insurgents in syria, and one-quarter of the insurgents in syria are supposed to be al qaeda. did we not do this in afghanistan? did we not bankroll osama bin laden? what we ought to have learned is that these military interventions make enemies to the united states, people who are affected by this. these drones strikes, yes, we hit the targets, but we wipe out another quarter block. we kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians living in these countries that we are ostensibly there to help. we are just continuing to make more and more enemies. it is no surprise that the unrest in the middle east is occurring right now. i would get out of our embassies in the middle east. why are we giving targets to demonstrators that are just looking for targets in the middle east? that is not showing weakness. that is just showing we have got common sense. where is the common sense? host: our next caller, good morning to you. caller: governor johnson, i will be voting for you even though we have some differences, but i think we need to get rid of the term third party. it creates
we are funding the insurgents in syria, and one-quarter of the insurgents in syria are supposed to be al qaeda. did we not do this in afghanistan? did we not bankroll osama bin laden? what we ought to have learned is that these military interventions make enemies to the united states, people who are affected by this. these drones strikes, yes, we hit the targets, but we wipe out another quarter block. we kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians living in these countries that we are...
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[applause] the situation is far worse in syria. what began as peaceful protests has now become 18 months later a savage and unfair fight. with the full backing of russia and hezbollah with tanks and helicopters and fighter jets, bashir asaad is ordering men, women, and children. extremists are becoming more dangerous by the day. for our allies and for us. in other times, when other courageous people fought for their freedom against sworn enemies of the united states, american presidents, both republicans and democrats, have helped -- acted to help them prevail. [applause] sadly for the lonely voices of dissent in syria and iran and elsewhere in the world, who feel forgotten in their darkness, and sadly for us as well, our president is not being true to our values. [applause] for the sake of the cause of freedom, for the sake of people who are willing to give their lives so their fellow citizens can determine their own futures and for the sake of our nation, the nation founded on the idea that all people everywhere have the right to
[applause] the situation is far worse in syria. what began as peaceful protests has now become 18 months later a savage and unfair fight. with the full backing of russia and hezbollah with tanks and helicopters and fighter jets, bashir asaad is ordering men, women, and children. extremists are becoming more dangerous by the day. for our allies and for us. in other times, when other courageous people fought for their freedom against sworn enemies of the united states, american presidents, both...
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syria, i was ambassador to syria for three fun filled years. that included the transition. our fearless prediction at the time, as i got to know bouchard -- bashar before his father died. my arabic was better than his english, even though my arabic was not very good. he had gone to classes and studied his lectures, read his text books. he has since become quite good. he is like a father, but worse. less flexible. board doctrine. less agile. aware that he does not have his father's support. i think that this could be a fight to the finish. no happy villa for him. i would like to be wrong on that. but even if there is, we have already seen the signs. just like what happened to my friend, chris, and his colleagues, the arab spring there is bitter fruit. and nowhere, l.i. afraid, could it be more bitter than syria, where we are already seeing signs of sectarian divisions, tensions, and service, even with him still in the palace. again, the past is the past in syria. the day before yesterday was the annihilation of a city to get the muslim brotherhood. 1982. sunnis will settle s
syria, i was ambassador to syria for three fun filled years. that included the transition. our fearless prediction at the time, as i got to know bouchard -- bashar before his father died. my arabic was better than his english, even though my arabic was not very good. he had gone to classes and studied his lectures, read his text books. he has since become quite good. he is like a father, but worse. less flexible. board doctrine. less agile. aware that he does not have his father's support. i...
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wondering how it affects the president's ability to build up the top line foreign policy issues, like syria and iran, but also others like foreign aid which has a nice rubber duckie on the catalog today. it helps pay our salaries. >> i think bob corker will be interesting as ranking member on foreign relations. he skipped the republican convention this summer to go to the middle east. and he has been doing a lot of traveling. he is super smart about these kinds of things. i think he will try to mold himself a little bit -- not completely, like dick lugar, honestly. he will be against the hawks i think on a number of occasions. we did a story recently about him and we had john mccain talk about how much -- how much he respected and although they did not always see eye to eye. but i think the foreign relations panel in both chambers, sense, i guess, the 1960's, just as not had as much as an impact on what the president does as it used to. if kerry becomes the secretary of state, i guess you end up taking what he was hoping to do -- and at the administration level. but it reiterates what i am
wondering how it affects the president's ability to build up the top line foreign policy issues, like syria and iran, but also others like foreign aid which has a nice rubber duckie on the catalog today. it helps pay our salaries. >> i think bob corker will be interesting as ranking member on foreign relations. he skipped the republican convention this summer to go to the middle east. and he has been doing a lot of traveling. he is super smart about these kinds of things. i think he will...
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let's start where you left off, syria. an uncertain situation. the defense department renewed a warning that some elements have showed up in the middle of the fighting. there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the syrian opposition and also the intentions of president assad. whether he might use chemical weapons against his opponents. what he is doing moving chemical weapons, which he has begun to do. do we have that kind of intelligence that, not only takes pictures from the sky and shows as they have move to something, they get said the human question of intent? what is assa'd intent? intent?'s >> i think not at this time on those questions. we know that the chemical weapons are kept. there are a large number of sites. there is a variety of chemical weapons. it is fair to say they are being watched carefully. any movement, hopefully will be detected. i think it would be absolutely dastardly for him to use chemical weapons against his own people. i trust he has the good sense to know that. with respect to developments, i think the arab league's
let's start where you left off, syria. an uncertain situation. the defense department renewed a warning that some elements have showed up in the middle of the fighting. there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the syrian opposition and also the intentions of president assad. whether he might use chemical weapons against his opponents. what he is doing moving chemical weapons, which he has begun to do. do we have that kind of intelligence that, not only takes pictures from the sky and shows as...
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, an inclusive syria, a moderate syria. we have seen extremist elements insinuate themselves into the opposition. and one of the things that we have to be on gourd about, particularly when with start talking about arming opposition, -- opposition figures is that we're not indirectly putting arms in the hands of folks who would do americans harm or do israelis harm or otherwise engage in actions that are detrimental to our national security. so we're constantly probing and working on that issue, the more engaged we are in the more we'll be in a position to make sure that we are encouraging the most moderate, thoughtful elements of the opposition that are committed to
, an inclusive syria, a moderate syria. we have seen extremist elements insinuate themselves into the opposition. and one of the things that we have to be on gourd about, particularly when with start talking about arming opposition, -- opposition figures is that we're not indirectly putting arms in the hands of folks who would do americans harm or do israelis harm or otherwise engage in actions that are detrimental to our national security. so we're constantly probing and working on that issue,...
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it is so difficult to get inside syria. there is new evidence that president assad is moving troops into damascus from the borders with the disputed golan heights in territory. it is possible sign of the seriousness of the fighting. the epicenter of the damascus fighting remained in the southwest were street battles erupted on sunday. particularly where rebel fighters concentrated after mr. assad chased them from the surrounding quarters. here is one child was injured. the death toll in the last 14 months is close to 15,000. some say that number could be much higher. this related story from "time" magazine -- host: our last call is from ohio. republican line. go ahead, please. caller: good morning, c-span. on the negative campaigns -- when you have the president talking about being capital and all of that. there was a lady on their yesterday talking about romney and his outsourcing. nobody is talking about obama and his outsourcing. how many jobs did mr. obama create before he was a president? thank you. host: the point has
it is so difficult to get inside syria. there is new evidence that president assad is moving troops into damascus from the borders with the disputed golan heights in territory. it is possible sign of the seriousness of the fighting. the epicenter of the damascus fighting remained in the southwest were street battles erupted on sunday. particularly where rebel fighters concentrated after mr. assad chased them from the surrounding quarters. here is one child was injured. the death toll in the...
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host: the lead editorial in the washington post talks about syria -- should there be intervention? guest: we should be helping to actively arm and train the independence forces to defeat the assad government and we should send clear signals that his government will not survive. i think it will break under that kind of pressure. host: you have made a good bit of news this week. in this story -- guest: it's not about an individual person, not making allegations about any one person. five members of congress wrote a series of letters to inspectors general, states, department of homeland security, justice, etc., and said that we want an assessment of the influence of the muslim brotherhood in your department. i think that is totally appropriate. the muslim brotherhood is a very dangerous organization. tony blair was quoted last week as saying that one of the things he has concluded is that since 9/11 we have greatly underestimated the desire of radical islamists to achieve supremacy, not toleration. he went on to say that the west is asleep. i think these letters were an effort to wake
host: the lead editorial in the washington post talks about syria -- should there be intervention? guest: we should be helping to actively arm and train the independence forces to defeat the assad government and we should send clear signals that his government will not survive. i think it will break under that kind of pressure. host: you have made a good bit of news this week. in this story -- guest: it's not about an individual person, not making allegations about any one person. five members...
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i found myself thinking as i was watching about everyone, folks in syria and homs, they show what they could, to folks here in oakland with camera phones trying to show police misbehaving. somebody, the act of journalism, how to protect people, whether they are citizens or professionals -- what do you think? we do not have a conversation about that. should there be an international standard of journalistic rights, if you are committing journalism you should be protected? how you protect those folks? >> good luck implementing that law. is a great question. something journalists and tijuana struggle with all the time with the rise of social media and websites a lot of you have heard about -- including one which started out as a compendium of information about basically narco turf wars, shootings in the streets, the headings. it started off as a visual wallpaper and has since become interesting, more sophisticated, and is beginning to write articles and put -- and the editor is anonymous, but they are beginning to publish pieces. this thing that was touted early on as being a kind of inno
i found myself thinking as i was watching about everyone, folks in syria and homs, they show what they could, to folks here in oakland with camera phones trying to show police misbehaving. somebody, the act of journalism, how to protect people, whether they are citizens or professionals -- what do you think? we do not have a conversation about that. should there be an international standard of journalistic rights, if you are committing journalism you should be protected? how you protect those...
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i have a question on syria. mr. secretary, mr. chairman, as you may know, i mean, before your meeting with prince salman, saudi arabia and even qatar have both expressed their intentions to arm the syrian rebels. i would like to know from you what's the pentagon's position in regards to this matter? and one more thing -- if president assad keeps in his violence, what's next in syria? >> i think, you know -- it's something that general dempsey and i have testified on the hill, will testify on thursday, with regards to syria as well. i think our view has been that, first of all, with the thousands of lives that have been lost there, that the government of syria has lost its legitimacy and that assad must step down. i mean, we continue to take that position. at the same time, i think, we believe that we have to continue to work with the international community to keep putting pressure on assad. sanctions have been applied. the international community continues to work to try to do everything possible to try to resolve that terrible s
i have a question on syria. mr. secretary, mr. chairman, as you may know, i mean, before your meeting with prince salman, saudi arabia and even qatar have both expressed their intentions to arm the syrian rebels. i would like to know from you what's the pentagon's position in regards to this matter? and one more thing -- if president assad keeps in his violence, what's next in syria? >> i think, you know -- it's something that general dempsey and i have testified on the hill, will testify...
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that will dictate a lot of their attitude and our involvement with syria after assad goes. that will be dictated what happens in syria whether they believe we have been of assistance to them or not pick in libya, but they believe we assisted them or showed that appreciation. meanwhile, we took a hike with a light footprint and let all these things develop. i think it depends if we ever have the moral courage, which we are clearly lacking, and assisting the syrian people throw off the yoke of this brutal dictator. we hear again there are now cluster bombs being used. scud missiles. i ask the question that i asked secretary panetta well over a year ago, when about 7000 had been killed -- how many have to die before we're willing to intervene? how many have to die before we will establish a safe zone, get humanitarian aid to them, and arms and weapons they need? the latest evidence is that meters humanitarian aid or other assistance is getting through to the syrian resistance with any significant amount. >> this is a good question. my concern is libya is exhibit a of an overal
that will dictate a lot of their attitude and our involvement with syria after assad goes. that will be dictated what happens in syria whether they believe we have been of assistance to them or not pick in libya, but they believe we assisted them or showed that appreciation. meanwhile, we took a hike with a light footprint and let all these things develop. i think it depends if we ever have the moral courage, which we are clearly lacking, and assisting the syrian people throw off the yoke of...
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and along with the events in syria, and i keep going to the events in syria and how they frame things, and most immediate driver for events that are characterizing what is happening in the oil sector in iraq is this dysfunctional politics aspect. it is eroding the value of investment in the center and south of the country, and a prompting the international oil companies to look elsewhere, including the -- despite a whole host of risks, associated with the kig, and also the risk that these companies are running in terms of threatening their position in the south. it is probably only bp, shell, and other companies remain committed to the central government, and it is not guaranteed that ioc's will retain back a bit. baghdad has done a bad job, and not being able to understand commercial drivers for ioc's, and not be able to fix the operational and structural revenue issues and financial bottlenecks, and not understanding at the end of the day that no matter how big your resources and how much you give companies access, if that investment is not commercial, the companies not doing the be
and along with the events in syria, and i keep going to the events in syria and how they frame things, and most immediate driver for events that are characterizing what is happening in the oil sector in iraq is this dysfunctional politics aspect. it is eroding the value of investment in the center and south of the country, and a prompting the international oil companies to look elsewhere, including the -- despite a whole host of risks, associated with the kig, and also the risk that these...
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and then the situation in syria not seeming to improve. pushing paris for more pressure on syria. florida, and the, you are our last on this discussion. a democrat down there. go ahead. caller: good morning. i was a rescue worker. i have seen when americans come together, all different nationalities came together there. really, americans are good people. but i believe in bigger government. any money that president obama has spend has gone to unemployment, extending unemployment for people who have no jobs or something like that. i believe in bigger government. with bigger government, there is more taxes paid. the country has to have taxes to run. it has to. if people have to pay taxes. the rich people don't want to have bigger government so they can run the show and make us all slaves. i live down here in florida. i see people coming out of the woods with their families with suitcases and little children. this is not right, you know. it is crazy. host: all right. up next, we will turn our attention to another domestic issue. oil and gas prices. here is the headline in "the washing
and then the situation in syria not seeming to improve. pushing paris for more pressure on syria. florida, and the, you are our last on this discussion. a democrat down there. go ahead. caller: good morning. i was a rescue worker. i have seen when americans come together, all different nationalities came together there. really, americans are good people. but i believe in bigger government. any money that president obama has spend has gone to unemployment, extending unemployment for people who...
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." >> checking on the headlines this hour, in syria, one day after the state department said the secretary of state with only attend an international meeting on syria if participants agreed to a political transition in the country, word today that secretary of state hillary clinton will participate. the emergency meeting is set for saturday in geneva. it was called by kofi annan, and it will include diplomats from five permanent members of the security council. on a voice from the united nations, the european union and the arab league are also invited. secretary clinton made history, stepping off of her playing in latvia. it is her 100th visit to a foreign country. no previous secretary has visited more than 96 while in office. the previous record holder was madeleine albright who served as secretary of state during bill clinton's second term in office. those are the headlines on c- span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is representative peter welch, democrat of vermont, and he is the chief deputy whip for democrats in the house of representatives and a member of
." >> checking on the headlines this hour, in syria, one day after the state department said the secretary of state with only attend an international meeting on syria if participants agreed to a political transition in the country, word today that secretary of state hillary clinton will participate. the emergency meeting is set for saturday in geneva. it was called by kofi annan, and it will include diplomats from five permanent members of the security council. on a voice from the...
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>> on the issue of have we demroid additional forces to turkey in response to the crisis in syria. there have been times we've sent teams to do planning with them on humanitarian zones and some of their counter terror concerns related to an unstable northeastern syria and the p.k.k. and in fact my vice chairman just returned back. to your point, we've been having an intelligence sharing regime with turkey for about the last five years and one of the things we're looking to do now is learn lessons in the last five years, recognize a different situation on their border and see if we can assist as well as reduce the threat of ballistic missile attack inside turkey. so it's a work in progress and we go as we need to do have those consultations. >> [inaudible] the turkey prime minister replayed it's a different situation. this kind of negotiation you mean -- >> what the prime minister said, that's his country and i wouldn't question his approach to this. he's been doing quite well actually. but we offer partners and turkey is not only a close bilateral partner, they're part of our n.a.t
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form technical committees and take concrete steps to form a union fid, just, democratic future for syria. these are in line with what we and our international partners would result from the formation of the commission last month. as we look at ongoing efforts to support the syrian people, let me be clear 24e678 united states stands with the syrian people in insist that can any transition process result in a peaceful, unified, democratic syria in which all citizens are protected and a future of this kind cannot inlewd al-assad. >> [inaudible] >> that's correct. we provide significant assistance to the syrian people, we proside significant, not lethal, assistance to the opposition. but our position on providing lethal aid has not changed. >> to foe low up -- >> i've got folks in the back. >> defense secretary suggested the syrian government has preparations of chemical weapons and the administration is not as concerned about this as they were last week, is that accurate? and what has changed? >> i'm not going to get into assessments beyond what secretary of defense pa net -- panetta said.
form technical committees and take concrete steps to form a union fid, just, democratic future for syria. these are in line with what we and our international partners would result from the formation of the commission last month. as we look at ongoing efforts to support the syrian people, let me be clear 24e678 united states stands with the syrian people in insist that can any transition process result in a peaceful, unified, democratic syria in which all citizens are protected and a future of...
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they're preparing to go into syria and maybe iran. we do not need more war. we need less war. we need to quit. [applause] one of the strongest things we have to deal with is foreign- policy as a consequence of the tremendous fear about being attacked by a terrorist. terrorism is a serious subject to deal with. if we understand the blow that mechanism, -- blowback mechanism, we think we can do a lot to reduce it. the chances of being killed by a terrorist right now are about one in 25 million. the odds of being killed by a car one in 19,000. lightning is about one in 5 million. if you are in the military and half to get involved in the shooting battle to save the world for democracy and bring peace and tranquillity to these countries, guess what? the estimates are between two and 20 per 100 people. it is between 2% and 20% that you will be killed by friendly fire. what a tragedy. they think we have to have thrown warfare -- drone warfare. >>> [booing] >> guess what? that does not win friends. it does not help us in any way whatsoever. it was said they were pleased we were over
they're preparing to go into syria and maybe iran. we do not need more war. we need less war. we need to quit. [applause] one of the strongest things we have to deal with is foreign- policy as a consequence of the tremendous fear about being attacked by a terrorist. terrorism is a serious subject to deal with. if we understand the blow that mechanism, -- blowback mechanism, we think we can do a lot to reduce it. the chances of being killed by a terrorist right now are about one in 25 million....
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the conversation on the future of syria at noon on c-span. if you want to care more about the topic of homeland security, we will take you to a forum on border security. officials from the homeland security department talk about developing border strategies. that is live at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. >> hitler realized these armies were not coming to his aid and were trying to escape to the west. that is when he realized it was going to come to an end and it was only a question of suicide. >> a new look at the second world war from eight of hitler's rise to power to his dark final days. >> his main objective was to not be kept alive by the russians. he was afraid of being paraded through moscow in a cage and being ridiculed. he was determined to die. eva braun was determined to die with him. >> tonight at 8:00. next, highlights from question time in the australian parliament. cabinet members answered questions. members also debated the government's position on the immigration policy. this 20-minute program is courtesy of australia's public affa
the conversation on the future of syria at noon on c-span. if you want to care more about the topic of homeland security, we will take you to a forum on border security. officials from the homeland security department talk about developing border strategies. that is live at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. >> hitler realized these armies were not coming to his aid and were trying to escape to the west. that is when he realized it was going to come to an end and it was only a question of suicide....
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evan wants to know when you take a look at what you see this week, afghan, syria, iran, yet you don't hear a rot of that out of the republican peeled right tissue feel right now. do you agree with that? do you agree with that sentiment from evan. if you do, why as the topic not come up while you have been campaigning arn the world? >> it's been frightening that mental problems -- the continued presence in afghanistan and iraq. there's been so little talk about it. part of that is the positions from the candidates, pretty much indishable. i think there's an accepted republican theology on foreign policy and there isn't much deviation from that, putting ron paul in a separate category. i think this is an area where i don't think president obama wants to admit it or republicans want to admit it but a lot of areas are not that far off. you can talk about rhetorical levels and how quick we can get people out of afghanistan but they're not that different. when it comes to the war on terror, the biggest political issue for republicans since 9/11 new york most cases, president obama has conti
evan wants to know when you take a look at what you see this week, afghan, syria, iran, yet you don't hear a rot of that out of the republican peeled right tissue feel right now. do you agree with that? do you agree with that sentiment from evan. if you do, why as the topic not come up while you have been campaigning arn the world? >> it's been frightening that mental problems -- the continued presence in afghanistan and iraq. there's been so little talk about it. part of that is the...
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host: the lead editorial in the washington post talks about syria -- should there be intervention? guest: >> we should be helping to actively arm and train the independence forces to defeat the government and we should send clear signals that his government will not survive. i think it will break under that kind of pressure. host: you have made a good bit of news this week. in this story -- guest: it's not about an individual person, not making allegations about any one person. five members of congress wrote a series of letters to inspectors general, states, the promise of common security, just as, etc., and said that we want an assessment of the influence of the muslim brotherhood in your department. i think that is totally appropriate. the muslim brotherhood is a very dangerous organization. tony blair was quoted last week as saying that one of the things he has concluded is that since 9/11 we have greatly underestimated the desire of radical islamists to achieve supremacy, not toleration. he went on to say that the west is asleep. i think these letters were an effort to wake us
host: the lead editorial in the washington post talks about syria -- should there be intervention? guest: >> we should be helping to actively arm and train the independence forces to defeat the government and we should send clear signals that his government will not survive. i think it will break under that kind of pressure. host: you have made a good bit of news this week. in this story -- guest: it's not about an individual person, not making allegations about any one person. five...
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and in syria, a private ejected from a plane after technical failure -- a private was ejected from a plane after technical failure. rebels are claiming it was gunned down. the warplane appears to spiral into a ball of flames. it was impossible to independently verify the video. the news agency said it was on a training mission today and that the search was underway to find the private. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> it is the idea of -- that we are in this together. each of us cared and by working together to create opportunity and a good life for all, all of us are enriched not just in economic terms, but as citizens and as human beings. [applause] >> marra opponent will not rule out raising taxes, but i will, and the congress will push me to raise taxes and i will say no, and they will push, and i will say no. and they will push again and i will say to them, read my lips, no new taxes. >> c-span has aired every minute of every party convention since 1984. watch this year live on c-span starting monday, august 27. >> "washington journal" continues. host:
and in syria, a private ejected from a plane after technical failure -- a private was ejected from a plane after technical failure. rebels are claiming it was gunned down. the warplane appears to spiral into a ball of flames. it was impossible to independently verify the video. the news agency said it was on a training mission today and that the search was underway to find the private. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> it is the idea of -- that we are in this...
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wondering how you think that might affect the president's ability to deal with the top issues, including syria and iran and maybe some of the others that has a nice rubber ducky on your catalog that you are looking at today. >> we appreciate that. it helps to pay our salary. i think bob corker will be interesting as the ranking member on foreign relations. hehe skipped the republican convention this summer to go to the middle east. and he has been doing a lot of traveling. he is super smart about these kinds of things. i think he will try to mold himself a little bit -- not completely, like dick lugar, honestly. he will be against the hawks i think on a number of occasions. we did a story recently about him and we had john mccain talk about how much -- how much he respected and although they did not always see eye to eye. but i think the foreign relations panel in both chambers, sense, i guess, the 1960's, just as not had as much as an impact on what the president does as it used to. if kerry becomes the secretary of state, i guess you end up taking what he was hoping to do -- and at the admin
wondering how you think that might affect the president's ability to deal with the top issues, including syria and iran and maybe some of the others that has a nice rubber ducky on your catalog that you are looking at today. >> we appreciate that. it helps to pay our salary. i think bob corker will be interesting as the ranking member on foreign relations. hehe skipped the republican convention this summer to go to the middle east. and he has been doing a lot of traveling. he is super...
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hezbollah receives weapons, training, money, and support from iran and syria. hezbollah has left its bloody fingerprints around the world in the last 30 years. his lolba has -- hezbollah has been implicated in aing ta -- attacks against europeans, israelis and americans. the bombing in beirut that killed 6 people, the 1983 bombing of u.s. and french barracks killing 241 american servicemen and 58 french soldiers. the 1988 bombing in buenos aires that killed 24 people. the 1994 bombing in the jewish community cent for the 1994, killing 85 people. the suicide bombing on july 18, 2012, that killed five israeli tourists in a bulgarian -- and a bulgarian driver in the town of bul -- in the town of burgas, bulgaria. they have created violence and instability in lebanon and it has launched thousands of rockets and missiles at israel from within lebanon. hezbollah is a force against the syrian people. s if long past time for the e.u. and other and its members to join the u.s. and others in condemning hezbollah. i would like the e.u. as resip yevents of the noble peace
hezbollah receives weapons, training, money, and support from iran and syria. hezbollah has left its bloody fingerprints around the world in the last 30 years. his lolba has -- hezbollah has been implicated in aing ta -- attacks against europeans, israelis and americans. the bombing in beirut that killed 6 people, the 1983 bombing of u.s. and french barracks killing 241 american servicemen and 58 french soldiers. the 1988 bombing in buenos aires that killed 24 people. the 1994 bombing in the...
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" the new york times front page" -- then from "the wall street journal" -- also on the situation in syria -- a probably are yesterday that hillary clinton suggested during a senate hearing that president assad could be considered a war criminal for his crackdown in syria. a reminder to you that sunday is election day in russia. vladimir putin is seeking to resume his position there where he served as president from 2000-2008. caller: i like mitt romney winning any will probably lose a few states but i want to say that i label myself having been made reagan democrat and a hillary democrat but after the 2008 primary, i voted for john mccain and i am leaning on mitt romney right now. i believe that probably 50% of the hillary voters as well as the independents will go toward mitt romney. he needs to stick with the issues on being a fiscal conservative and leave it that he will not be a socially conservative as the others. if he will stick with looking at job creation and a temporary work -- and the temporary work that companies hired temporary work and if you go back and look at statistics,
" the new york times front page" -- then from "the wall street journal" -- also on the situation in syria -- a probably are yesterday that hillary clinton suggested during a senate hearing that president assad could be considered a war criminal for his crackdown in syria. a reminder to you that sunday is election day in russia. vladimir putin is seeking to resume his position there where he served as president from 2000-2008. caller: i like mitt romney winning any will...
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as far as the president would go in syria, the next step is some kind of a no-fly zone. you will start seeing the model that he put in place and advocated for in libya. he is someone who moves incrementally. the next real step is the first plunge into military would be directly harming the rebels. they do not know the rebels that well. they do not want to start sending heavy weapons to groups that are clearly influenced by islamists. that has been one caution. the next step would be considering some kind of international no-fly zone like what took place in libya. host: iran pose a nuclear program? do we know what he might do? guest: i think in terms of old assertions of next steps, some of that may wait for the next secretary of state. this is something that the next secretary of state would be shepherding through and then stick it in somebody else's lap. it is probably strategically not what the administration wants to do unless your hand is really forced on the issue. in both of these instances, particularly next steps in syria, libya does serve as a major warning and
as far as the president would go in syria, the next step is some kind of a no-fly zone. you will start seeing the model that he put in place and advocated for in libya. he is someone who moves incrementally. the next real step is the first plunge into military would be directly harming the rebels. they do not know the rebels that well. they do not want to start sending heavy weapons to groups that are clearly influenced by islamists. that has been one caution. the next step would be considering...
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first one is that i think about the government controlling guns one thing or another i take people in syria, iran, and some of these other countries that try to get up against the government and a because the guns are outlawed so they're just helpless and that's what's going to happen to this country i'm afraid. host: dave do you expect to see a -- the discussion on gun control is going to be ramped up but will there be anything different done after this shooting that wasn't done after the columbine shooting do you think? guest: i'm hopeful. i think it's one of these situations where columbine really got the ball rolling. but it wasn't nearly enough. i mean, the mountain was way too high. but we've had year after year of a series of these tragedies where we never dealt again because i think that was a defeatist attitude like if we couldn't do it after columbine people felt we never will. but this situation last week was so awful and coming on the heels of so many others i think we have sort of it feels like we've reached a breaking point where people have said ok this time we're really goin
first one is that i think about the government controlling guns one thing or another i take people in syria, iran, and some of these other countries that try to get up against the government and a because the guns are outlawed so they're just helpless and that's what's going to happen to this country i'm afraid. host: dave do you expect to see a -- the discussion on gun control is going to be ramped up but will there be anything different done after this shooting that wasn't done after the...
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can you comment on reports of the rebels in syria now have u.s. [inaudible] >> with regard to the second, i have no comment on those reports. that should not be interpreted as affirmation one way or another. i just do not know what the reports are. i do not know of us providing any such missiles in that area. secondly, with regard to the issue of mali, i have made clear in the positions as i've had both as director of the cia and now secretary of defense that we have to ensure that al qaeda has no place to hide. we have to continue to go after them wherever they are, wherever they tried to develop a command and control capability from which they could conduct a tax on europe for this country. in order to confront that threat, which has now moved throughout the region, we are doing it in yemen. we're doing it in somalia. it.e cannincontinuing to do the effort ought to be able to work with nations in that region to ensure that al qaeda does not develop that kind of based in molali. should be developed with countries in the region that share the same
can you comment on reports of the rebels in syria now have u.s. [inaudible] >> with regard to the second, i have no comment on those reports. that should not be interpreted as affirmation one way or another. i just do not know what the reports are. i do not know of us providing any such missiles in that area. secondly, with regard to the issue of mali, i have made clear in the positions as i've had both as director of the cia and now secretary of defense that we have to ensure that al...
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its ambassador to syria for consultation because of the continued crackdown. a spokesman says the french embassy in damascus will remain open. the announcement comes as other western powers including britain, the united states, and italy have called back their convoys in the wake of violence in the country. a spokesman for the egyptian embassy confirms that an egyptian delegation scheduled to meet with senators carl levin and john mccain are cancelling those meetings after 19 americans, including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood were referred to criminal court for trial. word from the white house was the crackdown could threaten the country's $1.3 billion in annual military aid. iran is dismissing the stations on tehran with the foreign ministry say they are part of a psychological war. he insists the measures will not halt the nuclear program. washington ordered the new penalties monday, giving u.s. banks additional powers to freeze assets with to the iranian government. meanwhile, iran put the government has summoned on the did the shot -- pres
its ambassador to syria for consultation because of the continued crackdown. a spokesman says the french embassy in damascus will remain open. the announcement comes as other western powers including britain, the united states, and italy have called back their convoys in the wake of violence in the country. a spokesman for the egyptian embassy confirms that an egyptian delegation scheduled to meet with senators carl levin and john mccain are cancelling those meetings after 19 americans,...
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we should have put them out on the borders with iraq and syria, iraq and iran and up north continue to work and support the kurdistan region of government. we've seen what's happening in iraq right now with the resurgence of sectarian violence. maliki is -- muqtada al-sadr and the army is there. i think it was a political decision and not a good visionary national security decision. host: canry at the outset attribute an error on my part because we had some people on our twitter page quoting alexis so one of our viewers saying, steve, where can we collect our $1 from congressman west? we were expecting some calls. i guess the check is in the mail? guest: contact our office and we'll be happy to refund $1. i'd be honor to do that. host: in a word or phrase, how would you describe the tone of the president's speech last night? guest: i kept a little count here. fair was used six times. fair share was used five times. and there was three times where some divisive rhetoric. i think that the president needs to, you know, take responsibility for some of the things we've seen here in the past
we should have put them out on the borders with iraq and syria, iraq and iran and up north continue to work and support the kurdistan region of government. we've seen what's happening in iraq right now with the resurgence of sectarian violence. maliki is -- muqtada al-sadr and the army is there. i think it was a political decision and not a good visionary national security decision. host: canry at the outset attribute an error on my part because we had some people on our twitter page quoting...
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. >> would you care to comment about the current situation in syria? >> where president obama has not led is really in three areas. one is the debt and deficit. rejecting his own fiscal commission's recommendations showed a lack of leadership. yes thought receptive congress. in terms of the economy, the policies have not read it he has not reached out to congress. -- he has not reached out to congress. in terms of the economy, the policies have not worked. the rhetoric mix harder to keep the economy back on track. whether it is iran or north korea or syria, america has not shown the leadership we should. the situation is complicated. i had the opportunity to meet with leaders both in the arab world and israel and also within afghanistan. we have a lot of conversations about syria. america ought to take a more aggressive stance. we should be assisting some of the forces that are trying to defend themselves. you have probably seen some of the press reports and coverage of the terrible atrocities being committed. it is a humanitarian tragedy. the united s
. >> would you care to comment about the current situation in syria? >> where president obama has not led is really in three areas. one is the debt and deficit. rejecting his own fiscal commission's recommendations showed a lack of leadership. yes thought receptive congress. in terms of the economy, the policies have not read it he has not reached out to congress. -- he has not reached out to congress. in terms of the economy, the policies have not worked. the rhetoric mix harder to...
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an update on syria from russia's foreign minister -- in remarks earlier, he said moscow will support a united nations resolution endorsing coty and's plan to deal with the crisis. the former u.n. security general has met twice with president assad on proposals to end the bloodshed. as for russia's stand on the missile defense shield, president of the dead says russia must be -- dmitry medvedev says russia must be ready. nato says they want to cooperate on the missile shield that is intended to counter an iranian missile threat, but nato rejects the proposal to run the shield jointly. without a middle-russian cooperation deal, russia wants guarantees that missile defense is not aimed at russia. tensions over iran could of nuclear program could push oil prices higher than expected. the result could be more than $5 billion in losses this year for airlines. profit predictions for the industry have been slipping since december. those are some of the latest headlines once he's been radio. >> my friends, i need a new america where freedom is made real for all, regard to race, belief, or eco
an update on syria from russia's foreign minister -- in remarks earlier, he said moscow will support a united nations resolution endorsing coty and's plan to deal with the crisis. the former u.n. security general has met twice with president assad on proposals to end the bloodshed. as for russia's stand on the missile defense shield, president of the dead says russia must be -- dmitry medvedev says russia must be ready. nato says they want to cooperate on the missile shield that is intended to...
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preventive services that could have saved the life of syria, a 50-year-old east haven woman who died from breast cancer because she simply could not afford a mammogram. and 30,000 americans will lose their health insurance and be left to their fate, while every single republican in this house will maintain their health care coverage. . repealing is wrong. it was wrong the first time. it is wrong the 31st time. welcome to "grouped hog day" in the house of representatives. -- "groundhog day" in the house of representatives. this majority needs to start working to make our economy healthy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. cantor: i now yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from georgia, the republican policy committee chairman, dr. price. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. price: i thank the leader. as a physician one of the tenets of medicine is first do no harm. sadly the president's law does real harm. the supreme court has said the law is constitutional. that doesn't make it good policy
preventive services that could have saved the life of syria, a 50-year-old east haven woman who died from breast cancer because she simply could not afford a mammogram. and 30,000 americans will lose their health insurance and be left to their fate, while every single republican in this house will maintain their health care coverage. . repealing is wrong. it was wrong the first time. it is wrong the 31st time. welcome to "grouped hog day" in the house of representatives. --...
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guest: we are observing a deplorable situation in syria with a deplorable leader who is killing thousands of his people. i think we are all very concerned about it. i think we need to be very, very watchful. i do have concerns that it's not clear yet where these rebel groups are that are well poised to take this to another place. i know that military action, we have to take into account what the consequences would be, what the potential loss of life could be if we ever engaged in a no- fly zone. they have a very robust air defenses that we have to be mindful of. i think our efforts should continue to be on russia, a strong ally of the assad government and encouraging russia to do all it needs to do to encourage him to leave office. host: are we doing the right thing with regard to iran in containing their potential ambition? guest: we have to be so mindful of it. we had a hearing yesterday on this issue that i attended for while. it's to monitor the situation so closely, to try to determine what iran pose the intent is, with its capability is -- , what itsents is capability is. we need to
guest: we are observing a deplorable situation in syria with a deplorable leader who is killing thousands of his people. i think we are all very concerned about it. i think we need to be very, very watchful. i do have concerns that it's not clear yet where these rebel groups are that are well poised to take this to another place. i know that military action, we have to take into account what the consequences would be, what the potential loss of life could be if we ever engaged in a no- fly...
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policy toward syria and iran specifically? under what conditions would you support the use of military force, and should it require the prior consent of congress? >> of course it requires the prior consent of congress. president obama needed to come to congress before it went against libya. congress has the authority to decide when and where we should go to work. i think we have to be very careful. i went to a war that was very popular when it started. then after people started dying, it got unpopular and we wanted to get it done. the same thing is happening in afghanistan. by the way, this war on terror didn't start in 2001. our barracks in lebanon with attacked in 1983, 1991, at the towers. we were attacked in the cole in 2000. the problem was we didn't recognize the threat. i do believe we made a terrible mistake treating it as a law enforcement problem. these people have declared war on us. and they are engaging in war-like practices to go after us. there is no question this war predates 2001. i don't think you need to occ
policy toward syria and iran specifically? under what conditions would you support the use of military force, and should it require the prior consent of congress? >> of course it requires the prior consent of congress. president obama needed to come to congress before it went against libya. congress has the authority to decide when and where we should go to work. i think we have to be very careful. i went to a war that was very popular when it started. then after people started dying, it...
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the news beginning at noon today, including the economy, presidential politics, and the situation in syria when c-span bdo be errors 5 network tv talk shows. beginning at noon, "meet the press" rears -- reairs. at 1:00 p.m., it is abc's "this week." guests include senate armed services committee ranking member john mccain and former white house press secretary robert gibbs. he is now an obama for president campaign strategist. fox news sunday rears at 2:00 p.m. eastern. chris wallace welcomes gop presidential candidate and former house speaker newt gingrich and also house majority leader erich cantor. cnn's state of the union" follows. and former cia director retired general michael hayden. also indiana's republican governor mitch daniels. bob schieffer moderates a roundtable discussion with gop presidential candidate rick santorum. again, the five sunday talk shows at noon eastern time. listen to them all on c-span radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. listen on your iphone or blackberry or nationwide on xm satellite radio on channel 119 or listen online anywhere at cspanradio.or
the news beginning at noon today, including the economy, presidential politics, and the situation in syria when c-span bdo be errors 5 network tv talk shows. beginning at noon, "meet the press" rears -- reairs. at 1:00 p.m., it is abc's "this week." guests include senate armed services committee ranking member john mccain and former white house press secretary robert gibbs. he is now an obama for president campaign strategist. fox news sunday rears at 2:00 p.m. eastern....
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we saw this in the recent un debate about syria where we strongly disagreed with china and russia as a veto of a resolution against the unconscionable violence being perpetrated by be a sod -- the assad regime. >> it was brought up by the president and his meeting with you. we see our advocacy for human rights as a fundamental aspect of our foreign policy. we believe they he to the prosperity and stability of all science. >> of a racket translated into chinese] -- [translating to chinese] >> we have been clear about our concern over the areas in which from our conditions and china have deteriorated and about the plight of several very prominent individuals. we appreciate your response. china and the united states are working more closely together on a broader range of issues than ever before. these include pressing security challenges in north. and iran, cyprus security, and the important work of developing cooperation between our military is. is.
we saw this in the recent un debate about syria where we strongly disagreed with china and russia as a veto of a resolution against the unconscionable violence being perpetrated by be a sod -- the assad regime. >> it was brought up by the president and his meeting with you. we see our advocacy for human rights as a fundamental aspect of our foreign policy. we believe they he to the prosperity and stability of all science. >> of a racket translated into chinese] -- [translating to...
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there was vast media coverage and detailing the brew tality of oppressors like assad in syria. yet very little has been said about the escalation of violence against the -- cuba's internal opposition, a peaceful group, who are being attacked by castro tyrants and their agents of terror as we can see in these photos and this poster right next to me, and they are operating just 90 miles from u.s. shores. but there is an opportunity to correct this wrong, to join forces and shed light on the systematic abuses against freedom loving cubans, and to call on pope benedict 16 as he prepares to visit the island gulag to publicly support the aspirations of the enslaved cuban people to exercise their god-given rights. the cuban dictatorship has ramped up its use of short-term deteppingses in order to intimidate and -- detentions in order to intimidate and silence the voices of these brave cubans. you see here the ladies in white, i'll explain who they are, they are standing up against tyranny and oppression. the castro regime has continued its assault on fundamental freedoms, including th
there was vast media coverage and detailing the brew tality of oppressors like assad in syria. yet very little has been said about the escalation of violence against the -- cuba's internal opposition, a peaceful group, who are being attacked by castro tyrants and their agents of terror as we can see in these photos and this poster right next to me, and they are operating just 90 miles from u.s. shores. but there is an opportunity to correct this wrong, to join forces and shed light on the...
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because of its close ties to syria? >> each of these countries face different types of circumstances, and had unique histories. yemen was fortunate in that they had a degree of pluralism there. saleh allowed institutions to develop, and we were able to have a peaceful transition. certainly there needs to be some way found for progress in syria. it is outrageous what is happening in that country, the continued death of citizens at the hand of a brutal of authoritarian government. this is something that needs to stop. i would like to be able to see something that will transition peacefully, but the sooner it can be done, the better. >> please identify yourself and ask a question only. as well as to try them for their crimes. i wanted to ask about one area where we seem to be less successful. events in nigeria suggest we have been less successful containing al qaeda. could you talk about your efforts in south africa, and urged the importance of the economic development in combating terrorism. thank you. there is a domestic
because of its close ties to syria? >> each of these countries face different types of circumstances, and had unique histories. yemen was fortunate in that they had a degree of pluralism there. saleh allowed institutions to develop, and we were able to have a peaceful transition. certainly there needs to be some way found for progress in syria. it is outrageous what is happening in that country, the continued death of citizens at the hand of a brutal of authoritarian government. this is...
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that built a nuclear weapons program for syria, and did it while we were under supposedly an agreement where they weren't going to proliferate. they were proliferating beyond anything we could have imagined while doing a two track nuclear program. and they are selling it who knows where. so at some point we've got to figure out how to cut off the hard currency and accelerate the change in side. giving them more access to it i'm not sure is the answer. >> thank you very much. mr. rohrabacher is recognized. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. first of all let me just note that years ago i can remember major dwites -- debates in the house of representatives over whether or not we should have a missile defense system. thank god those of us who supported missile defense won that debate. for every loony regime that tries to get his hands on nuclear weapons and tries to launch a rocket reinforces the importance of having a missile defense system because that's perhaps one of the only things that gives us leverage here is that we can defend ourselves. also i have been privy, as a member of
that built a nuclear weapons program for syria, and did it while we were under supposedly an agreement where they weren't going to proliferate. they were proliferating beyond anything we could have imagined while doing a two track nuclear program. and they are selling it who knows where. so at some point we've got to figure out how to cut off the hard currency and accelerate the change in side. giving them more access to it i'm not sure is the answer. >> thank you very much. mr....
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overthrow the funders of hamas and hezbollah and the funder of assad in syria. and barack obama said no, we're going to join with the radical islamists and legitimatize this election. ladies and gentlemen, in this race, we have one person, served eight years on the armed services committee, has a track record on iran that got it right on what to do to avoid a war in iran. over the last eight years. and we have a president who has gotten it wrong on every call. [applause] >> i don't know what the most important issue is going to be this fall, but if it's national security, the best candidate by far to go up against barack obama and show the american public how pathetic his foreign policy and how dangerous his foreign policy is, not just for israel, not just for the middle east, but for every american is rick santorum and that's why i'd like your help. [applause] >> thank you, senator. senator, i know that you have a very tight schedule. i know you're supposed to be in montgomery shortly but i want to take a point of personal privilege and ask you a question. the
overthrow the funders of hamas and hezbollah and the funder of assad in syria. and barack obama said no, we're going to join with the radical islamists and legitimatize this election. ladies and gentlemen, in this race, we have one person, served eight years on the armed services committee, has a track record on iran that got it right on what to do to avoid a war in iran. over the last eight years. and we have a president who has gotten it wrong on every call. [applause] >> i don't know...
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an update on the situation in syria. international envoy kofi annan's spokesman says the advance team of six u.n. observers has arrived in damascus to monitor the country posing four-day-old cease-fire. it says the mission will start with "setting up operating headquarters and reaching out to the syrian government and the opposition forces." this action comes as the cease- fire seems to be eroding. with president bashar al-assad's troops firing tank shells and mortar rounds into the city of homs. u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon speaking earlier today in brussels is calling on syrian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and he says opposition forces should also fully cooperate in the current cease- fire which he says is essential for political dialogue to continue. turning to domestic issues, reaction this morning to reports about secret service agents' actions in colombia from california republican darrell issa. in remarks on cbs, he says that lawmakers will "look over the shoulder of the agency and as it invest
an update on the situation in syria. international envoy kofi annan's spokesman says the advance team of six u.n. observers has arrived in damascus to monitor the country posing four-day-old cease-fire. it says the mission will start with "setting up operating headquarters and reaching out to the syrian government and the opposition forces." this action comes as the cease- fire seems to be eroding. with president bashar al-assad's troops firing tank shells and mortar rounds into the...
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we talked about north africa, egypt, syria, the middle east, and so much more. as always, we have a very comprehensive agenda to cover. i appreciate your being here for us to continue the conversation. >> thank you so much, madame secretary. i like to express my gratitude for the hospitality and warm welcome. in this special case, also for the wonderful and delicious birthday cake. we just had that a few minutes before. it was really delicious. [laughter] i would like to say this is not only an expression of our close collaboration, it is also an expression of our wonderful and personal relationship. the united states is our most important partner and ally with close cooperation across the land being essential in times of global changes and enormous political challenges. we discussed the deeply worrying situation in syria. the regime must be stopped urgently. we support the efforts by the arab league to solve the crisis. we agreed the united nations security council must take a clear position to condemn the violence by the syrian regime. on iran, i have informed
we talked about north africa, egypt, syria, the middle east, and so much more. as always, we have a very comprehensive agenda to cover. i appreciate your being here for us to continue the conversation. >> thank you so much, madame secretary. i like to express my gratitude for the hospitality and warm welcome. in this special case, also for the wonderful and delicious birthday cake. we just had that a few minutes before. it was really delicious. [laughter] i would like to say this is not...
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the president has also failed to lead in syria, where more than 30,000 men, women, and children have been massacred by the assad regime over the past 20 months. violent extremists are flowing into the fight. our ally turkey has been attacked. the conflict threatens stability in the region. america can take pride in the blows that our military and intelligence professionals have inflicted on al qaeda, pakistan, afghanistan, including the killing of osama bin laden. these are real achievements one at a high cost. al qaeda remains a strong force, however, in yemen and somalia, libya, other parts of north africa, iraq, and now in syria, and other extremists have been ground across the region. drones and modern instruments of war are important tools in our fight, but are no substitute for national security strategy for the middle east. the president is fond of saying that the tide of war is receding. i want to believe him as much as anyone else. but when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in syria threatening to de
the president has also failed to lead in syria, where more than 30,000 men, women, and children have been massacred by the assad regime over the past 20 months. violent extremists are flowing into the fight. our ally turkey has been attacked. the conflict threatens stability in the region. america can take pride in the blows that our military and intelligence professionals have inflicted on al qaeda, pakistan, afghanistan, including the killing of osama bin laden. these are real achievements...
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camera text and video so much so that we have been able to watch the syrian uprising live even though syria has a band every international news organization from its country, including al jazeera. that is what happens when you go from a connected to a hyper- connected world. my club looking for small items in the newspaper that tell you often wonderful and revealing things. i was in india reading the times over breakfast. it said a telecommunications firm had just started providing third generation mobile network service at the summit of mount everest, the world of the tallest mountain. the story said this would allow thousands of climbers who come to the region every year access to high-speed internet and video calls using their mobile phones. can you imagine how many phone calls are being made from the top of mount everest that began "mom, you'll never guess where i am calling from." that is connected to a hyper- connected world. we see it in other ways. the mayor from davenport -- davenport, iowa. central iowa is wonderful. my mother went to college there. a great liberal arts school. sh
camera text and video so much so that we have been able to watch the syrian uprising live even though syria has a band every international news organization from its country, including al jazeera. that is what happens when you go from a connected to a hyper- connected world. my club looking for small items in the newspaper that tell you often wonderful and revealing things. i was in india reading the times over breakfast. it said a telecommunications firm had just started providing third...
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three examples, 9/11, syria, people assassinated. i need to understand why you diminished someone's comments with regard to the second amendment and the purpose of that. you have a master's degree. i don't understand. that said rather than being critical. the reality is horrible situation that happened. i don't defend anything that happened at the school, but that said, the individual going into a school with a shotgun, that said we could come back to the 1994 democratic vote. senator feinstein introduced the bill and you guys lost although h lost. i'll stop right there. those are three examples and i invite the listeners to look at the china situation in less than a week ago where ears, arms and fingers were cut off. what say you. guest: we do live in a society where we do feel protected and represented in government. i think that is something that maybe has diminished in the sense of the governments there. we do have a representative democracy and something we should be very, very proud of. and compare us to countries that do not.
three examples, 9/11, syria, people assassinated. i need to understand why you diminished someone's comments with regard to the second amendment and the purpose of that. you have a master's degree. i don't understand. that said rather than being critical. the reality is horrible situation that happened. i don't defend anything that happened at the school, but that said, the individual going into a school with a shotgun, that said we could come back to the 1994 democratic vote. senator feinstein...
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so we don't have the division that we're facing in syria. so we have a unified international community and that helps support the political settlement. so i think this opportunity should be used. so far there are cycles the settlements are facing but we should have hope and faith and i think with the success of this political settlement, this provides a ground for hope in the future. thank you. >> thank you. greg? >> yeah, i'd like to echo dan in thanking you all for coming out on this very dreary day. especially after a holiday for i'm sure many of you. and thanks to ibrahim as well from doha for stage up a little bit late and giving us those great insights. as all of us know, the united states has just been through a presidential election. president obama was re-elected. and the obama administration had a number of i think foreign policy and counterterrorism successes during the first administration. obviously osama bin laden was killed in the special operations raid. president obama's oversea drawdown of tops in iraq as well as afghanista
so we don't have the division that we're facing in syria. so we have a unified international community and that helps support the political settlement. so i think this opportunity should be used. so far there are cycles the settlements are facing but we should have hope and faith and i think with the success of this political settlement, this provides a ground for hope in the future. thank you. >> thank you. greg? >> yeah, i'd like to echo dan in thanking you all for coming out on...
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syria is sensitive. i am an optimist. an optimist is an experienced pessimist. this is going to be -- there will be negotiations inuit -- anyway that turkey will be caught up in. [indiscernible] iran --and a r [indiscernible] if turkey does not play this role, who else? brazil has -- [indiscernible] syria has not destroyed the whole potential to participate. >> thank you. 2013 will become an important year. if obama is reelected, the first year of the present's second term tends to be one of their best because they have maximum political maneuverability. this issue is not the most complex issue humanity has encountered. it is the politics that makes it complex. in 2013, obama will be in a situation in which he will have greater maneuverability/ . it will be back to go to -- it would be best to go back to the principles of istanbul. that would be a good framework to get this resolved. reciprocity and proportionality would be good principles. i would suspect that the president would think about his legacy. re-election has been the guiding star of thinking this yea
syria is sensitive. i am an optimist. an optimist is an experienced pessimist. this is going to be -- there will be negotiations inuit -- anyway that turkey will be caught up in. [indiscernible] iran --and a r [indiscernible] if turkey does not play this role, who else? brazil has -- [indiscernible] syria has not destroyed the whole potential to participate. >> thank you. 2013 will become an important year. if obama is reelected, the first year of the present's second term tends to be one...
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host: what do you think policy should be regarding syria? 5000 people killed in the uprising. caller: those rebels are not syrian. they were planted there. it is really funny. when obama put troops into israel, i think he did all of this for reelection. i am relieved mitt romney did not get elected even though i did not vote for either. i think obama might do the right thing and cut ties with israel. host: we will go to a report actually on syrian president assad. this in "usa today." he said "i am not a puppet." we have a few minutes left on the first segment of "the washington journal." we will go to pete in rhode island on the democrat line. caller: good morning. i would like to see him focus on the economy. host: specifically what part? caller: let's go with the fiscal cliff coming up. my thoughts were my belief is, and i hope somebody calls and corrects me or you correct me, if the fiscal cliff is reached on january 1, the first thing to go would be the bust tax cuts. everything else will be phased in over time. we can let the tax cuts hit. it will then come to the table
host: what do you think policy should be regarding syria? 5000 people killed in the uprising. caller: those rebels are not syrian. they were planted there. it is really funny. when obama put troops into israel, i think he did all of this for reelection. i am relieved mitt romney did not get elected even though i did not vote for either. i think obama might do the right thing and cut ties with israel. host: we will go to a report actually on syrian president assad. this in "usa today."...
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. >> it is not just about syria. it goes back to the rest of iran, and the policy towards the whole reasgion. president obama wanted to negotiate with iran. united states wanted to reset relations with russia. the russians are supporting the syrians. we have no power because the russians and the chinese stand in the way in the u.n. iran is sending its own military people to syria to help with the slaughter. here we are four years of wasting time trying to negotiate with iran and the whole middle east is on fire. >> the middle east seems to be crumbling right now, and i would argue that the administration's foreign policy is going down with it. >> it is true, not just this administration. the state and aren't as felt if we give those people -- the state department feels that we want to give those people -- want to take over the world and create caliphate -- if we give away more israeli land, they will not kill us. if you're caught has told you to kill somebody else, where is the negotiating room in this? i cannot say
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syria, yemen. the heartland of al qaeda. al qaeda was absolutely irrelevant to it. they were relevant to the movement. this was about responsible government. with a minute, we know something about this stuff. as destructive as the arab spring has been, coughing up some serious diplomatic corps counter-terrorism challenges, over the longer term it has created a new dialogue. in dialogue over which we have genuine legitimacy. for the first time, weakening gauge i of the steeper ideological conflict in a way that we never have before. at the end of the day, that means other elements of the american government needing to get into this diplomatically, politically, economically. it is not ours to control or shape, but we can fashion a positive movement about which we have not had an opportunity for the first nine years of this war. >> general, this is the last question. how does the new phenomenon of homegrown terrorism fit into the category? >> that is a great question. a lot of these for homegrown. u.s. citizens, not even green cards. the first thing i would point out t
syria, yemen. the heartland of al qaeda. al qaeda was absolutely irrelevant to it. they were relevant to the movement. this was about responsible government. with a minute, we know something about this stuff. as destructive as the arab spring has been, coughing up some serious diplomatic corps counter-terrorism challenges, over the longer term it has created a new dialogue. in dialogue over which we have genuine legitimacy. for the first time, weakening gauge i of the steeper ideological...
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host: the lead story in "washington post" in sir ra, monitors forced to pull back -- syria, monitors forced to pull back. it's also the lead story in this morning's "new york times" under the headline "u.n. suspending syrian mission citing silence." they write the suspension of observers activities unless it is reversed quickly could signal the failure to the latest effort by the west to reach a diplomatic solution and ease to mr. assad's power. the article goes on to say that mr. obama's choices are no better when they were -- no better than they were when the uprising in syria began a year and a half ago. host: you can read about the situation in syria in both the "new york times" and the "washington journal." seattle, washington, jason, you're on you line for independents. go ahead, jason. caller: yes. i'm calling about who has the power in government. host: yes. who has the power, jason? caller: well, it's supposed to be three branches of the government. judicial, legislative, and elected by the people 2/3 from each state. -- who are elected. and they have to get together and com
host: the lead story in "washington post" in sir ra, monitors forced to pull back -- syria, monitors forced to pull back. it's also the lead story in this morning's "new york times" under the headline "u.n. suspending syrian mission citing silence." they write the suspension of observers activities unless it is reversed quickly could signal the failure to the latest effort by the west to reach a diplomatic solution and ease to mr. assad's power. the article goes on...
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strategy from the election of 2000 that the supreme court handed us, and it's going on with libya, syria. i want to ask you to put on the headlines, how many people in this country have died from afghanistan heroin and how many worldwide? i think these 19 are just a drop in the bucket. i would bet thousands in this country, if you call up the local police stations and check it out. host: what does that mean to you? what does that say about what the u.s. presence should be in afghanistan? caller: i just feel it's part of the plan. everything is going along. i mean, i just think that the silliness -- now, afghanistan, they can't stop the heroin, because that's the money that they're gaining. that's keeping their economy going. host: on twitter, everything is doing remote armchair psychological diagnosis of ptsd. for all we know, this guy may have been 100% sane. "the washington post" has a new poll, with abc news, looking at americans' views of the war in afghanistan. here's the latest. is the afghanistan war worth the expense and lives cost? 60% of those polled said no. should america pul
strategy from the election of 2000 that the supreme court handed us, and it's going on with libya, syria. i want to ask you to put on the headlines, how many people in this country have died from afghanistan heroin and how many worldwide? i think these 19 are just a drop in the bucket. i would bet thousands in this country, if you call up the local police stations and check it out. host: what does that mean to you? what does that say about what the u.s. presence should be in afghanistan?...
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clip: syria hypocrisy. clip: this election is about trust. clip: 1 true consistent candidate, dr. ron paul. clip: ron paul has been so consistent. clip: tells the truth about what he believes. clip: never once voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget. clip: his bold plans to cut five departments is what we need. clip: when he says he will cut $1 trillion in the first year, i believe it. clip: is that you are tired of politicians -- clip: ron paul is the one we are looking for. clip: i am ron paul and i approve this message. host: on your screen is manchester, new hampshire, which is the largest city in that state. joining us from the center of manchester on our c-span desk is kevin landrigan will writes for "the nashua telegraph" newspaper, political reporter and columnist and longtime watcher of new hampshire politics. it is good to see you after four years. welcome back to c-span. guest: thanks so much, peter. thanks for having me. host: i want to start by asking you about your story this morning in "the nashua telegraph." you write about mitt romney coming to new hampsh
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syria has defended -- descended into civil war. united states sends hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid to countries around the world democracies and dictators. what should be the basic guiding principles of american foreign policies? >> fundamentally, i would have to say that freedom is something we need to encourage across the world. that me talk about christopher's stevens and what happened. his death along with three others is a tragedy, and that has been in a lot of people's thoughts and prayers. we need to get to the bottom of that, and i'm not here to speculate on who did what, but we need to find out and the american people need to know. i hope it will be transparent and can be clear so, two things will come out of it. people need to be held accountable, but also we can learn from that, so in the future if we have diplomats abroad we can ensure we are protecting them. as it relates to other countries, and there is turmoil in the middle east, from my perspective, that is one thing that we have done in north dakota
syria has defended -- descended into civil war. united states sends hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid to countries around the world democracies and dictators. what should be the basic guiding principles of american foreign policies? >> fundamentally, i would have to say that freedom is something we need to encourage across the world. that me talk about christopher's stevens and what happened. his death along with three others is a tragedy, and that has been in a lot of...
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as far as the president would go in syria, the next step is some kind of a no-fly zone. you will start seeing the model that he put in place and advocated for in libya. he is someone who moves incrementally. the next real step is the first plunge into military would be directly harming the rebels. they do not know the rebels that well. they do not want to start sending heavy weapons to groups that are clearly influenced by islamists. so that has been one caution. then the next step would likely be considering some sort of international no-fly zone like what took place in libya. host: iran's nuclear program? do we know what he might do? guest: i think in terms of old assertions of next steps, some of that may wait for the next secretary of state. this is something that the next secretary of state would be shepherding through and then stick it in somebody else's lap. it is probably strategically not what the administration wants to do unless your hand is really forced on the issue. in both of these instances, particularly next steps in syria, libya does serve as a major wa
as far as the president would go in syria, the next step is some kind of a no-fly zone. you will start seeing the model that he put in place and advocated for in libya. he is someone who moves incrementally. the next real step is the first plunge into military would be directly harming the rebels. they do not know the rebels that well. they do not want to start sending heavy weapons to groups that are clearly influenced by islamists. so that has been one caution. then the next step would likely...
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in monitoring and countering the regional activities of lebanon's heble, as well as its backers in syria and iran, said u.s. and arab officials. host: theresa in carol stream, illinois, is on our line for democrats, and she is optimistic about the economy. why is that, theresa? caller: well, i am very optimistic. i am very proud and i'm very trusting of our president. and my life story is one of, i had worked for an environmental consulting firm for close to 40 yearsas laid off in february of 2009. and i was able to just not -- definitely not find another job in the field or anything related or anything even near what i was making, which was close to $25 an hour. i am currently working in house cleaning. i clean senior citizens' homes and i do part-time care giving. and, you know, with that, i earn a fair, fair living, something that is below my means in the past, but i am optimistic about our future. i think we just all need to draw upon what our qualities are, maybe our backgrounds. i've gone full circle. when i was a child, i would go help my mother when she cleaned office buildings f
in monitoring and countering the regional activities of lebanon's heble, as well as its backers in syria and iran, said u.s. and arab officials. host: theresa in carol stream, illinois, is on our line for democrats, and she is optimistic about the economy. why is that, theresa? caller: well, i am very optimistic. i am very proud and i'm very trusting of our president. and my life story is one of, i had worked for an environmental consulting firm for close to 40 yearsas laid off in february of...
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to take out their capabilities, as the israelis did in syria with their reactor and iraq, that is a very different thing than a full-scale invasion. i will not talk about that, because it's not in the playbook, anywhere in the playbook. that's not something we should engage in. we should stop the radical theocracy that has mal intent, not just for israel but for our allies in the region, most of whom are sunni muslims, and not just for the west, with their projection of terror. this is a country that, with a nuclear weapon, would be the greatest threat to peace and security this world has seen in a very, very long time. they are driven by a theology that believes in conquest. i know barack obama says it's just a little country in the middle east, but it's a very wealthy one with a lot of oil and gas and they can buy off- the-shelf technology and develop themselves with nuclear weapons, build the technology to deliver it, and they have legions of terrorists. in central and south america, president ahmadinejad spent time in venezuela with hugo chavez talking about launch pads. there are tr
to take out their capabilities, as the israelis did in syria with their reactor and iraq, that is a very different thing than a full-scale invasion. i will not talk about that, because it's not in the playbook, anywhere in the playbook. that's not something we should engage in. we should stop the radical theocracy that has mal intent, not just for israel but for our allies in the region, most of whom are sunni muslims, and not just for the west, with their projection of terror. this is a...
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there are times in which we're going to disagree with the russians, as we see with russian behavior in syria and we will continue to call them out and pushed the russians to change their behavior. while we are rebalancing issues, we have to have off emerging dangers, which is why the platform focuses on areas of cyber security and combating combating climate change. it's not just the old issues that will anchor. it is new issues we have to address. while we are focusing on not new issues, we have to make sure we are taking care of our alliances around the world. this has been an enormous point of pride for this administration. when the administration came into the office, some of our closest alliances around the world were in trouble. the obama administration has gone the extra mile to solidify relationships with our partners. our relations with the united kingdom have never been stronger. there are a little weaker because of romney's visit, but our traditional alliances have been strengthened, recognizing those are a cornerstone for global security. but the president recognizes there are ne
there are times in which we're going to disagree with the russians, as we see with russian behavior in syria and we will continue to call them out and pushed the russians to change their behavior. while we are rebalancing issues, we have to have off emerging dangers, which is why the platform focuses on areas of cyber security and combating combating climate change. it's not just the old issues that will anchor. it is new issues we have to address. while we are focusing on not new issues, we...
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we are now ratcheting up the pressure on other brutalizes, people are brutalized like assad and syria. putting america firmly on this side of freedom around the world. we made the g-20 a new forum recognizing the realities of the 21st century. we refocused our development policy on developing the capacity of our -- other nations and steadily combating climate change. that is the essence of our record. the question is, where does gov. romney stand? how would he keep our citizens safe in our nation secure? in the face of the challenges that we now understand are ahead of us, what with gov. mitt romney do? the truth is, we do not know for certain. we know where the governor starts. he starts with a profound -- a profound misunderstanding of the responsibilities of a president and the commander in chief. here is what he says. if we want somebody who has a lot of experience in foreign policy, we can simply go to the state department. but, that is not how we choose a president. a president is not a foreign policy expert. in my view, the last thing we need is a president who believes he can
we are now ratcheting up the pressure on other brutalizes, people are brutalized like assad and syria. putting america firmly on this side of freedom around the world. we made the g-20 a new forum recognizing the realities of the 21st century. we refocused our development policy on developing the capacity of our -- other nations and steadily combating climate change. that is the essence of our record. the question is, where does gov. romney stand? how would he keep our citizens safe in our...